[telecom] Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls

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Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls

Telcos lobby for drastic change, think content networks getting a free ride.

by Iljitsch van Beijnum Dec 1 2012 Ars Technica

"Operating agencies shall negotiate commercial agreements to achieve a sustainable system of fair compensation for telecommunications services and, where appropriate, respecting the principle of sending party network pays."

That's the input that a number of former monopoly, European telecoms sent to the member states of the United Nation's International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Why? Because, for the first time since

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